I love the way it is viewed as a solution to the whole citylife. Just wait and see, this will finally catch on and be implemented on many more streets, just like here in Holland. It just makes a city liveable, not choked by cars. Wheehee, we're learning!
It is utmost important to promote social housing in our (dutch) cities. I say this because the development of our excelent mixed zoning and infrastructure has in fact made our cities so liveable that the outbidding going on in the housing (and renting) market starts making it near unachievable for people of modest means to live in our city centres. Kun jij een apartementje in Amsterdam betalen? edit: ik zie nu dat je bericht al tien jaar oud is. Oeps, sorry!
Yeah ! Way to go .Mind this : a major side-effect will be the tourist attracting effect, best way to explore a city is on a bike.Personally I like the idea that New Amsterdam (NYC) is more and more taking over the looks of the Old One !. (Says a Dutchman.)
I see kids in the street. I see disabled people in the streets again. Imagine what it means for them to get out again. You are certainly moving in the right direction ! Once the kids can cycle or walk to school on their own you'l have made real progress. Let it grow. Water this idea, nurse it, use some fertiliser even .... Eventually it will bear fruit.
Hello, I am a Toronto student working on a project about protected/separated bike lanes for school and I was wondering if I could get your permission to show parts of this video in my presentation. Thanks
You really do need to work on traffic and particulate/NOx emissions. When I was in Honolulu in 2010 the large numbers of ridiculously huge SUVs + buses + high & sustained levels of sunshine = high O3 and dirty air trapped between sea and mountain. This meant that one evening I had an asthma attack -- and I'm not asthmatic (even here in New Jersey: not exactly famous for its clean air). H has many cyclists who have to endure this filthy aerial soup. It's about time Oahuans woke up to this issue.
Oh yes, keeping cyclists and pedestrians separated from cars greatly improves their safety. In the Netherlands cars and cyclists mix only in residential areas, where the speedlimit is 18 mph (30 km/h). When cars drive faster, cyclists drive on separated bike paths. The bike paths continue on crossings to improve safety for cyclists. Bike paths are also found outside towns, in the countryside, next to roads where motorists can drive 50 mph (80 km/h). And the Dutch have built bike bridges, to span canals and highways. Just to improve cycling, which is clean air, no noise, reduce obesity, requires less parking space and makes cities more liveable.
My comment was directed at the 80+ year old woman standing precariously on her little island perched between cars and bikes to cross the street. Of course SHE can see everything SHES IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC! But, will people see her? In Europe bikes are the transportation of choice, but not here in the west. The woman would be safer surrounded by stee!
If Americans in the majority are going to use bikes to get around that also means local services need to be close by too. Like grocery stores, Schools, dentist etc etc, then yes it becomes possible.
@@Zoza15 well they are changing suburban and urban places to look more like the dutch cities. when covid settles down and we get back on track we will have an exiting new era coming for us in the 2020s. :) good luck and be safe!
@@miles5600 Owh nice!, I hope the US can look as bright as The Netherlands as we have it. 🙂. Technological change can go fast, but social change is a lot slower, especially the mindset to change for the better.
All infrastructure in the public sphere is "social engeneering", as you call it. You just got used to the particular version you've been using all your life...
See? It's all about changing mentality. Forget the car, don't use Denmark as an example, but learn from the Dutch. I am from NL and I have three bicycles here in NL. And two cars. One here and one in LA, CA. So I pay my road-taxes! And please, Americans, do away with those stupid helmets. They won't make you more secure.
@@Idkanymore the Dutch cars don't care about cyclists either but that's not how we make roads safe in the Netherlands it's called road engineering and it's really complicated. check out @City beautiful, and @Not just bikes, for all of these questions and one that reviews new and better made roads in the US is @Road Guy Rob, hope this helps.
WTF. that parent at 7:14 is insane. When your child is that little, you do not let them ride behind you, that is just plain dumb, they either ride a tiny bit in front of you or next to you. If she falls or anything comes up the parent will not be able to notice it right away. He crossed the intersection and left the kid behind to deal with it herself.
yeah, ikr? crazy. but in the netherlands kids at the age of 6 to 7 already cycle 5+ miles to school everyday! all on their own! and it really works only if the environment is good.
@@miles5600 I know about the NL I live there, but even in that case if you are going to cycle with a child that young it just doesn't make any sense to have them cycle behind you like that, especially in an environment that isn't as used to bicycles like the NL, it's just way too easy for a driver to not be paying attention and run them over, at least if they are in front of you, you can look out for them and you are also much more visible to car drivers, so they know to be careful. Just look at the lady at 7;29 she is doing it the right way. It's mostly about visibility.
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"You can see the bikes coming!" I love the joy in her voice 🙂
I love the way it is viewed as a solution to the whole citylife. Just wait and see, this will finally catch on and be implemented on many more streets, just like here in Holland. It just makes a city liveable, not choked by cars. Wheehee, we're learning!
It is utmost important to promote social housing in our (dutch) cities.
I say this because the development of our excelent mixed zoning and infrastructure
has in fact made our cities so liveable that the outbidding going on in the housing
(and renting) market starts making it near unachievable for people of modest means
to live in our city centres.
Kun jij een apartementje in Amsterdam betalen?
edit: ik zie nu dat je bericht al tien jaar oud is. Oeps, sorry!
@@mourlyvold64 ook toen waren Amsterdam en Utrecht al veel te duur
@@09conrado 👍
Yeah ! Way to go .Mind this : a major side-effect will be the tourist attracting effect, best way to explore a city is on a bike.Personally I like the idea that New Amsterdam (NYC) is more and more taking over the looks of the Old One !.
(Says a Dutchman.)
I see kids in the street.
I see disabled people in the streets again. Imagine what it means for them to get out again.
You are certainly moving in the right direction !
Once the kids can cycle or walk to school on their own you'l have made real progress.
Let it grow.
Water this idea, nurse it, use some fertiliser even ....
Eventually it will bear fruit.
We're working on this in Honolulu. Hopefully our city council bill will get passed!
This is a good thing. I live here in Detroit, Michigan and they working on the same solution.
A great design.
The person at 6:11 ran a red :O
Hello, I am a Toronto student working on a project about protected/separated bike lanes for school and I was wondering if I could get your permission to show parts of this video in my presentation. Thanks
You don't say
You really do need to work on traffic and particulate/NOx emissions. When I was in Honolulu in 2010 the large numbers of ridiculously huge SUVs + buses + high & sustained levels of sunshine = high O3 and dirty air trapped between sea and mountain. This meant that one evening I had an asthma attack -- and I'm not asthmatic (even here in New Jersey: not exactly famous for its clean air). H has many cyclists who have to endure this filthy aerial soup. It's about time Oahuans woke up to this issue.
For those interested … at 9:04 an Onderwater bicycle (fiets). A Dutch bike.
What about the other Boroughs?
can i share this video in a school representation?
i wich we had a safe place to ride our bike both my Kids and me .
but here in denmark its just wish thinking.
The intersections are still poorly designed. Check out how intersections are in The Netherlands.
1:52
YES! Its easy to see EVERYTHING....when you're standing in the middle of the street! Genius! Hand to forehead.
Oh yes, keeping cyclists and pedestrians separated from cars greatly improves their safety. In the Netherlands cars and cyclists mix only in residential areas, where the speedlimit is 18 mph (30 km/h). When cars drive faster, cyclists drive on separated bike paths. The bike paths continue on crossings to improve safety for cyclists. Bike paths are also found outside towns, in the countryside, next to roads where motorists can drive 50 mph (80 km/h). And the Dutch have built bike bridges, to span canals and highways. Just to improve cycling, which is clean air, no noise, reduce obesity, requires less parking space and makes cities more liveable.
My comment was directed at the 80+ year old woman standing precariously on her little island perched between cars and bikes to cross the street. Of course SHE can see everything SHES IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC! But, will people see her? In Europe bikes are the transportation of choice, but not here in the west. The woman would be safer surrounded by stee!
One day the majority of N. Americans will be riding bicycles while China will be driving large SUVs.
Social Engineering 101.
If Americans in the majority are going to use bikes to get around that also means local services need to be close by too.
Like grocery stores, Schools, dentist etc etc, then yes it becomes possible.
@@Zoza15 well they are changing suburban and urban places to look more like the dutch cities. when covid settles down and we get back on track we will have an exiting new era coming for us in the 2020s. :) good luck and be safe!
@@miles5600 Owh nice!,
I hope the US can look as bright as The Netherlands as we have it. 🙂.
Technological change can go fast, but social change is a lot slower, especially the mindset to change for the better.
@@Zoza15 hope so too :)
All infrastructure in the public sphere is "social engeneering", as you call it.
You just got used to the particular version you've been using all your life...
See? It's all about changing mentality. Forget the car, don't use Denmark as an example, but learn from the Dutch. I am from NL and I have three bicycles here in NL. And two cars. One here and one in LA, CA. So I pay my road-taxes! And please, Americans, do away with those stupid helmets. They won't make you more secure.
Drivers don't respect cyclists. Also when I was 13 I fell off my bike and had to get stitches on my forehead
@@Idkanymore the Dutch cars don't care about cyclists either but that's not how we make roads safe in the Netherlands it's called road engineering and it's really complicated. check out @City beautiful, and @Not just bikes, for all of these questions and one that reviews new and better made roads in the US is @Road Guy Rob, hope this helps.
WTF. that parent at 7:14 is insane. When your child is that little, you do not let them ride behind you, that is just plain dumb, they either ride a tiny bit in front of you or next to you. If she falls or anything comes up the parent will not be able to notice it right away. He crossed the intersection and left the kid behind to deal with it herself.
yeah, ikr? crazy. but in the netherlands kids at the age of 6 to 7 already cycle 5+ miles to school everyday! all on their own! and it really works only if the environment is good.
@@miles5600 I know about the NL I live there, but even in that case if you are going to cycle with a child that young it just doesn't make any sense to have them cycle behind you like that, especially in an environment that isn't as used to bicycles like the NL, it's just way too easy for a driver to not be paying attention and run them over, at least if they are in front of you, you can look out for them and you are also much more visible to car drivers, so they know to be careful. Just look at the lady at 7;29 she is doing it the right way. It's mostly about visibility.